Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Parent taxon: Carcharhinidae according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997
Sister taxa: Alopiopsis, Aprionodon, Archaeogaleus, Carcharhinus, Danogaleus, Eogaleus, Glyphis, Hypoprion, Isogomphodon, Lamiopsis, Loxodon, Misrichthys, Nasolamia, Negaprion, Physodon, Physogaleus, Prionace, Pseudabdounia, Rhizoprionodon, Scoliodontinae, Triaenodon
Subtaxa: Carcharhinini Rhizoprionodontini Triaenodontini
Type: Carcharhinus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (2), Chile (1), Egypt (23), Jordan (1), Morocco (9), the Russian Federation (3), Senegal (1), Togo (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (12), United States (34: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia), Uzbekistan (3), Western Sahara (3)
• Paleocene of Algeria (1), Morocco (7), United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 106 collections including 146 occurrences